COLY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLY
No single letter turns COLY into another word.
How COLY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in COLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does COLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An African bird with a very long tail.
The coly can hang upside down from a branch by one toe and turn all four toes forward, which no other bird manages. It belongs to the only order of birds found in Africa alone.
How COLY is used
Countable; the plural changes the y.
- A coly can turn all four toes forward.
- The word coly names the bird that English calls a mousebird.
- The order that a coly belongs to is found only in Africa.
- A coly hangs upside down to feed.
- Two coly species share the same tree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COLY
The 4 tiles of COLY in a different order — 1 found.
Words with COLY inside
19 words contain COLY in the middle. Words that start with COLY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COLY
Common questions about COLY
- Is COLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLY worth?
- COLY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLY mean?
- An African bird with a very long tail.
- What letters can be added to COLY?
- No single letter can be added to COLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of COLY:
Open COLY in the Word Finder